As a brother and an uncle to two people with autism, and as a member of the
Society for Neuroscience, I urge you to support an appropriation for the
National Institutes of Health of at least $31.3 billion for fiscal year 2010,
the level approved by the House of Representatives.  Such an investment will
sustain the momentum produced by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act,
and will place the NIH on target to reach $40 billion.  As you know, health
research is a major industry in Massachusetts, and this investment will benefit
not only the Massachusetts economy but also all those suffering from disorders
whose treatments will come from this increased research investment.